Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
THE Lord is great! - He will not allow me to become a hypocrite. Now let what is in come out. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We are the sons of Light and children of God. Glory unto the Lord, we will succeed. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In this body, He resides, the Lord of souls and the King of kings. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Who will bring light to the poor? Who will travel from door to door bringing education to them? Let these people be… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
My son, hold fast! Do not care for anybody to help you. Is not the Lord infinitely greater than all human help?… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We have to cover everything with the Lord himself, not a false sort of optimism, not by blinding our eyes to the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If you really want the good of others, the whole universe may stand against you and cannot hurt you. It must crumble… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and Internal Ruler… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Children of those ancient Aryans, through the grace of the Lord may you have the same pride, may that faith in your… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There cannot be two almighty beings in this world. [Imagine having] two or three Gods; one will create the world, another says,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Feel, my children, feel; feel for the poor, the ignorant, the downtrodden; feel till the heart stops and the brain reels and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you say, "O… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
[Not parroting.] My old Master used to say, "It is all very good to teach the parrot to say, 'Lord, Lord, Lord'… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If the Lord wills, we shall make this Math a great centre of harmony. Our Lord is the visible embodiment of the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You must also remember that the world has God to govern it, and He has not left it to our charity. The… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Whether on the ground of materialism, or of intellect, or of spirituality, the compensation that is given by the Lord to every… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is another way in which this idea of mercy and selfless charity can be put into practice; that is, by looking… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Chastity, non-injury, forgiving even the greatest enemy, truth, faith in the Lord, these are all different Vrittis. Be not afraid if you… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Give up all self, all egotisms get out of anger, lust, give all to God. "I am not, but Thou art; the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
God is self-evident, impersonal, omniscient, the Knower and the Master of nature, the Lord of all. He is behind all worship and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We never want Him. We say, "Lord, give me a fine house." We want the house, not Him. "Give me health! Save… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God's feet, for He is the one Lord… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The attempt is to kill the false "I", so that the real "I", the Lord, will reign. "I the Lord thy God… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Throw overboard all idea of jealousy and egotism, once for all. Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy; to work,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
"None is good, save One, that is, God", as the Lord Jesus bath said. The rest are only tools in His hands.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I have been asked many times, Why do you laugh so much and make so many jokes? I become serious sometimes-when I… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Each one of us pray, day and night, for the downtrodden millions in India, who are held fast by poverty, priest craft,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Only love for the Supreme Lord is true Bhakti. Love for any other being, however great, is not Bhakti. The "Supreme Lord"… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Never turn back to see the result of what you have done. Give all to the Lord and go on, and think… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The forms are evanescent; but the spirit, being in the Lord and of the Lord, is immortal and omnipresent. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
May the Lord ordain that your son becomes a man, and never a coward! — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
How absurd to take the credit of doing the good act on oneself and lay the blame for the evil act on… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
God is one the paths to reach him (religions) are many - just as different rivers, originating in different mountains, traverse different… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Faith, sympathy - fiery faith and fiery sympathy! Life is nothing, death is nothing, hunger nothing, cold nothing. Glory unto the Lord… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is the free alone which never changes, and the unchangeable alone which is free; for change is produced by something exterior to a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Nothing can be produced without a cause, and the effect is but the cause reproduced. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image